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Authoritarian parenting

Authoritarian parenting is parenting style where parents show high levels of control and low levels of warmth toward their children.

It is a restrictive pattern of parenting in which adults set many rules for their children, expect strict obedience, and rely on power rather than reason to elicit compliance.

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